[BRIEFING.COM] The stock market extended its March decline on Tuesday, but was able to end the first quarter in the green. The S&P 500 (-0.9%) lost 1.7% for the month, but added 0.4% during the first quarter. The tech-heavy Nasdaq (-0.9%) outperformed, losing 1.3% in...

Here's today's list of a few hand-picked short-term technical patterns that we are currently eyeing for potential swing opportunities over the coming sessions. These selections are designed to assist the active trader and teach the developing novice in identifying low...

The following list details optionable stocks with ex-dividend dates for next week. These ex-dividend dates are important to traders because the price of a stock will fall in proportion to the amount of the dividend on this date. It is the record date in which an...

Abiomed (ABMD), which has been a nice mover since being added to our Emerging Growth rankings on November 24 at $35.24 (+74%), is up about 10% in pre-market trading on some positive FDA news. Abiomed has received FDA Pre-Market Approval (PMA) for its Impella 2.5 heart...

There are two Federal Reserve policy bills being floated in the Senate. The first, “Audit the Fed,” is an innocuously titled bill that aims to add more Congressional oversight into FOMC monetary policy decisions. In essence, it would remove FOMC independence, which we...

Futures suggest a down open of approximately 10 points for the S&P 500 index. There is no definitive reason for this weakness, although overseas markets were broadly lower. The likely lower open is as much a reaction to the strong gains of yesterday as to specific...

For years, the "selling short against the box" technique allowed you to lock-in capital gains you currently have, but report them in the subsequent year. It was a frequent practice in December up until the late 1990s.
There are still ways to make this work...

Among many factors, market price trends are affected by broad shifts in economic conditions. One might say the economic input accounts for a percentage of the pricing function, particularly at the index level.
Hence, when expectations about economic...

If price/earnings is the proper way to value stocks, then stocks are cheaper at this moment than they have been in more than twenty years. Here's a historical comparison and some thoughts on what it means.
The price/earnings ratio is generally considered...